Pow! Wow! Hawaii artists refresh murals in Kakaako

Pow! Wow! Hawaii artists gathered in Kakaako to refresh the murals of local businesses.

Pow! Wow! Hawaii artists work on their murals in Kakaako. Gavin Murai's artwork is reflected in his sunglasses. His mural is on the corner of Cooke and Pohukaina streets.

Pow! Wow! Hawaii artist Jana Lam (third from left, in striped top) and fellow co-workers from her business work on Lam's yet-untitled mural on Cooke Street in Kakaako.

Pow! Wow! Hawaii artist Michelle Hoogveld from Calgary, Canada, in front of her mural on Cooke Street in Kakaako. She may title it "Something About Love."

Pow! Wow! Hawaii artists work on their murals on Cooke Street in Kakaako. This is Lauren Hana Chai, working on a mural that she said may title “Eye of the Tiger.”

Moanalua High School students take pictures of each other in front of Pow! Wow! Hawaii artist Andrea James' mural on Cooke Street in Kakaako. James is an art teacher at Moanalua High.

Pow! Wow! Hawaii founder Jasper Wong (a Kalani High grad) talks to a group of Moanalua High School students on a field trip to see the artists at work on murals throughout Kakaako.

Moanalua High School students on a field trip to Kakaako to see Pow! Wow! Hawaii artists work on their murals heard from Pow! Wow! Hawaii founder Jasper Wong, who talked about how he started as an aspiring artist and how he conceived of the murals project. After his talk, he drew sketches in people's sketch books. Jazmin Tamon watches as Wong draws in her sketch book.

Moanalua High School students on a field trip to Kakaako to see Pow! Wow! Hawaii artists work on their murals heard from Pow! Wow! Hawaii founder Jasper Wong, who talked about how he started as an aspiring artist and how he conceived of the murals project. After his talk, he drew sketches in students' sketch books.

Pow! Wow! Hawaii artists work on their murals in Kakaako. This is a wall being painted on the corner of Cooke and Pohukaina streets.

Pow! Wow! Hawaii artists Jared Johnston (left) and Gavin Murai talk about their mural on the corner of Cooke and Pohukaina streets in Kakaako. Two other artists, Ola Rapozo and Preston Has, were helping them.